23 JULY 1864, Page 23

Beauties of Tropical Scenery ; Lyrical Sketches and Love Songs.

By R. N. Dunbar. (Robert Hardwicko.}-Poems merely descriptive of natural scenery are apt to be a little tedious, nor can we think that Mr. Dunbar has attained to such skill as a word-painter as to be altogether free from this reproach. Most people's notions of tropical scenery are vague, and after reading this volume they will remain so. The author, however, has considerable mastery over the Spenserian .stan7e, and vaguely luxuriant language is to some minds very pleasing. These poems have reached a second edition.